Manual:$wgDisableCounters
| Site Statistics: $wgDisableCounters | |
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| Disable page view counters. |
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| Introduced in version: | pre 1.1.0 |
| Removed in version: | still in use |
| Allowed values: | (boolean) |
| Default value: | false |
Other settings: Alphabetical | By Function
Details [edit]
$wgDisableCounters determines whether or not to update the number of times a page has been viewed. If $wgDisableCounters is set to false, each page will have a counter in its footer saying: "This page has been accessed X times"
This setting also determines whether Special:PopularPages is available.
This variable is initialized in includes/DefaultSettings.php. The initial value is false. To override the default value, add the line $wgDisableCounters = true; to the file LocalSettings.php
The value of the counter is updated in includes/WikiPage.php in the function doViewUpdates(). The variable $wgDisableCounters is also referred to in other script files.
 Warning: |
Once disabled you will lose the correct view counts forever! |
If you are using squid caching, you will want to disable these counters, as squid caching prevents mediawiki from seeing all requests, which makes these counters inaccurate.
Alternatives [edit]
If performance problems due to high hit counts updating the page table is a concern, a less dramatic alternative to disabling them may be to tweak $wgHitcounterUpdateFreq.
You can also retrieve such statistics through your apache (or squid if using squid caching) request logs.
